﻿[113] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1087 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  A 
  package 
  of 
  boneless 
  fish 
  bound 
  at 
  intervals 
  with 
  strings 
  and 
  in- 
  

   cased 
  in 
  wrapping-papers, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  wrappers 
  is 
  marked 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   where 
  said 
  package 
  may 
  be 
  cut 
  across 
  to 
  separate 
  it 
  into 
  divisions 
  of 
  

   one 
  pound 
  each, 
  or 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  unit 
  of 
  weight. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  A 
  package 
  of 
  boneless 
  fish 
  pressed 
  into 
  a 
  solid 
  muss 
  of 
  uniform 
  

   size 
  throughout 
  its 
  length 
  and 
  incased 
  in 
  a 
  wrapper 
  which 
  is 
  marked 
  

   into 
  equal 
  divisions 
  indicating 
  where 
  the 
  package 
  may 
  be 
  cut 
  across 
  to 
  

   separate 
  it 
  into 
  multiplies 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  package, 
  as 
  one-half, 
  oue-third, 
  

   one-fourth, 
  &c, 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  267685. 
  

  

  (Anderson 
  Fowler, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  patented 
  November 
  21, 
  1882; 
  apparatus 
  for 
  pre- 
  

   serving 
  meats. 
  See 
  Plato 
  CXLI.) 
  

  

  The 
  invention 
  is 
  designed 
  to 
  provide 
  an 
  apparatus 
  for 
  carrying 
  into 
  

   rapid, 
  cheap, 
  and 
  effective 
  operation 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  preserving 
  and 
  

   curing 
  meats, 
  fats, 
  fish, 
  &c., 
  by 
  subjecting 
  the 
  same 
  simultaneously 
  to 
  

   the 
  action 
  of 
  a 
  current 
  of 
  electricity, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  preservative 
  substance, 
  

   ns 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  an 
  application 
  by 
  this 
  inventor 
  for 
  patent 
  filed 
  October 
  

   30, 
  1880, 
  serial 
  No. 
  1980G; 
  but 
  the 
  invention 
  here 
  maybe 
  employed 
  with 
  

   advantage 
  wherever 
  it 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  subject 
  substances 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  

   indicate! 
  to 
  the 
  pervasive 
  or 
  permeating 
  action 
  of 
  electricity. 
  The 
  

   meats, 
  fats, 
  fish, 
  or 
  similar 
  organic 
  substance 
  to 
  be 
  preserved, 
  should 
  

   be 
  packed 
  in 
  the 
  cases 
  or 
  smaller 
  boxes 
  B,and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  suita- 
  

   ble 
  preservative 
  agent, 
  such 
  as 
  salt, 
  saltpeter, 
  or 
  salicylic 
  acid. 
  Dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus 
  the 
  dynamo-electric 
  machine 
  F 
  is 
  in 
  

   operation 
  to 
  generate 
  the 
  desired 
  electric 
  current, 
  and 
  simultaneous 
  

   therewith 
  the 
  disks 
  are 
  caused 
  to 
  rotate 
  in 
  opposite 
  directions 
  by 
  the 
  

   revolution 
  of 
  the 
  fast 
  pulleys 
  on 
  their 
  respective 
  shafts 
  b. 
  The 
  cases 
  B, 
  

   being 
  closed, 
  and 
  having 
  the 
  substance 
  to 
  be 
  acted 
  upon 
  to 
  be 
  cured 
  

   or 
  preserved 
  packed 
  therein, 
  are 
  passed 
  longitudinally 
  through 
  the 
  box 
  

   or 
  tube 
  A 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  disks 
  0. 
  As 
  each 
  box 
  B 
  passes 
  into 
  the 
  

   space 
  between 
  the 
  disks 
  O 
  the 
  electric 
  current 
  is 
  caused 
  to 
  pass 
  through 
  

   the 
  conducting 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  box 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  contents 
  thereof. 
  In- 
  

   asmuch 
  as 
  the 
  said 
  boxes 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  rapidly 
  passed 
  one 
  after 
  another 
  

   through 
  the 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  

   subjecting 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  each 
  box 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  electricity 
  is 
  

   rapid, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  rotation 
  in 
  opposite 
  directions 
  of 
  the 
  disks 
  C, 
  and 
  

   the 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  dynamo-electric 
  machine, 
  

   a 
  powerful 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  application 
  

   filed 
  October 
  30, 
  1880, 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  produced. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  an 
  apparatus 
  for 
  subjecting 
  organic 
  substances 
  to 
  the 
  action 
  

   of 
  electricity, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  oblong 
  box 
  or 
  tube 
  A, 
  the 
  disks 
  O, 
  

  

  